&lt;p&gt;For centuries, China and other Asian countries have embraced herbal therapy. Now, the West is catching on to the timelessness of this ancient medicine and has started to incorporate Chinese herbs in the treatment of a wide range of health concerns.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Categorization&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are several different methods to classify Traditional Chinese medicine:&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; The Four Natures&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; The Five Flavors&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; The Meridians&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; The Specific Function&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Four Natures&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Four Natures are: hot, warm, cool, cold, or neutral.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Medicinal herbs that are cold-cool belong to Yin. In Chinese medicine, herbs with a cold-cool nature can clear Heat, purge Fire and eliminate toxic materials, and they are mainly used for Heat-syndromes. Medicinal herbs that are warm-hot belong to Yang. These herbs have the actions of expelling Cold and restoring Yang. Thus, they are mainly used for Cold-syndromes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are some herbs in Chinese material medicine which are known as neutral, whose property is neither hot nor cold, and whose action is relatively mild. However, they still have some action to cool or warm, so are placed in the range of the four natures of Chinese herbs.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Five flavors&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;bull; BITTER: Bitter is the flavor of Fire. It drains downward, dries, and guides energy to the Heart. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; SWEET: Sweet is the flavor of Earth. The sweet taste tonifies harmonizes, moistens, contains Fire, and guides qi to the Spleen.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; ACRID: Acrid is the flavor of Metal. It disperses and moves accumulations of fluids like Blood, can act as a diaphoretic and guides qi to the Lungs. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; SALTY: Salty is the taste of Water. It purges, softens accumulations, and guides qi to the Kidneys. Animal products are usually considered salty and supplementary to the Kidneys.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull; SOUR: Sour is the taste of Wood. It contains the Wood element&#39;s natural tendency to move up and out, allowing it to astringe abnormal leakage of fluids and energy and guide qi to the Liver.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Direction&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some herbs have a directional quality - they may move upward, downward, inward, outward, or guide other herbs to a certain part of the body.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Specific function&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These categories mainly include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;bull; exterior-releasing or exterior-resolving&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;heat-clearing&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;downward-draining or precipitating&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;wind-damp-dispelling&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;dampness-transforming&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;promoting the movement of water and percolating dampness or dampness percolating interior-warming&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;qi-regulating or qi-rectifying&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;dispersing food accumulation or food-dispersing&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;stopping bleeding or blood-stanching&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;quickening the Blood and dispelling stasis or blood-quickening or Blood-moving. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;transforming phlegm, stopping coughing and calming wheezing or phlegm-transforming and cough- and panting-suppressing&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;Spirit-quieting or Shen-calming. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;calming the Liver supplementing or tonifying: this includes qi-supplementing, blood nourishing, yin-enriching, and yang-fortifying. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;astriction-promoting or securing and astringing&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;vomiting-inducing&lt;br /&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;substances for external application&lt;/p&gt;
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